{
  "id": 9564677,
  "title": "Earth life support systems are flashing red, warns 2026 Planetary Health Check",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/earth-life-support-systems-are-flashing-red-warns-2026-planetary",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-24T13:55:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/earth-life-support-systems-are-flashing-red-warns-2026-planetary-health-check/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Human activities continue eroding the planet’s stability, resilience and life-support functions, the third edition of the Planetary Health Check released in September warns. The “scary” part of the 2026 report, says lead co-author Levke Caesar, is that the trends are largely going in the wrong direction. “We still have seven out of the nine planetary […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "Could comet 3I/ATLAS teach us about life beyond Earth? Scientists say the story's not over yet.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/could-comet-3i-atlas-teach-us-about-life-beyond-earth-scientists-say",
        "published": "2026-09-24T10:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}